. >> -- the president would probably cite his investments, so-called, in alternative energy. but what americans i think thought that those may pay off, they probably won't pay off, because since then the price of natural gas has come down so much that wind power looks completely ill and southeasterly power lo solar power look like a technology for 20, 30, 40 years from now, not tomorrow. what about the bridges? amtrak released a plan to accelerate traffic on the northeast corridor after 2040. that's the opposite of shovel ready. that's, like, that's like, you know, futureristic jetsons postmodern shovel ready. >> a lot of people with like to have quicker amtrak travel before then, but let's just flip the script. we have to be fair, talk about mitt romney. you're a republican, full disclosure. >> that's next week's column. >> give me -- let's foreshadow to that column, david frum. if you could pose one really tough question to mitt romney what would that question be? >> my toughest question to mitt romney, what does an average family, what does that family get from your econom